Posted by: Osman on: 22/10/2004
[From the Wiki on Heuristics]:
Contract to Expand
A heuristic (a rule of thumb) for exploring unknown space.
Pick a smaller problem that what you’re really going after, and solve that tiny problem completely. This will change your vantage point, opening up new, accessible steps toward the bigger problem.
The underlying principle is that only some goals are accessible [...]
